Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	293% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock B450M Steel Legend (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '21 at 18:54
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 76.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 279 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 878 89% 722 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 123 Parallax 114 96% 118 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 115 Splatting 111 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 668 660 660 667 666 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2587 Write 2379 Mixed 1,656 SusWrite 689 408% 1,828 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 91.1 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,270 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,161 872% 1,167 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 549GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 496 496 496 496 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 494 Mixed 422 SusWrite 496 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.7 182% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 369 278% 370 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
WL1000GLSA64100 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 887GB free Firmware: N2.00C.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 111 110 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 180 Write 109 Mixed 110 SusWrite 110 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 31 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 32.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asrock B450M Steel Legend - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,926x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	832x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	611x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	493x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	466x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	407x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	177x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	121x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	362x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	323x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	291x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $473

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16